Dear All, There is a phrase, repeated in many of the stanzas of this sutta, which reads: "...arittajjhaano viharati..." So far I've come up with "ani~ncamaana"...
Greetings, tumhe. What is the difference(s) between "aha.m asmi" and "aha.m homi"? They *are* different, so it hardly follows that both mean "I am" or that...
Dear All, The phrase, "Friend, I crossed the flood not taking a footing and not exerting," is (and I hope I've got this right): "Appati.t.tha.m khvaaha.m...
Cartoon : No.04 - 07/2006 24 July 2006 IT age bitter rain tale Moek.jpg Solo protester Tun Tun is being detained at Rangoon's Ywathagyi mental hospital. The...
I am learning Pali now with an eye to making translations of some of the verse suttas. My questions are, who are the best of the translators out there doing...
Dear all, I will be soon heading for Yangon in Myanmar (Burma) where I am planning to stay for one year. Among other things, I would like to take the...
Dear friends, I have posted this message more than 24 hours ago and it doesn't turn up, so I guess it would have been lost in cyberspace. As such, I am...
Dear friends, I bought a new computer last month, and decided to use OpenOffice.org, which is an open source program. I use the word processor Writer in the...
The Meaning of Dhamma, No 12. Fourteen meanings of "dhamma" listed in verse 784 of the Abhidhaanappadiipikaa (a 12th cent. Pali thesaurus) along with its...
Dear all, I have an unusual question. In a book I read (The Buddhist Concepts of Kamma and Rebirth) it is said that the lifespan of devas and brahma's is not...
Dear friends, I have good news for you. After initial discussions months ago, we have finally got a wiki for the group. A wiki is an easy-to-use Web page that...
Dear All, I've joined the group this evening. I hope to shadow the posts for awhile. I have a strong interest in paali, but little experience. I hope to be...
I am a student of south asian languages .I am intrested in Pali .I want to ask some questions .Any one 'kindly 'reply me' thanks 1-What is origin of Pli...
Hi members... Currently, im interested in devanagari, an ancient script used for Pali. Does anyone know how to write sabbe satta bhavantu sukkhitatta in ...
Does one pronounce ññ (as in Dhp. 165: "n' aañño añña'm visodhaye") by doubling the length of time used to pronounce a single consonant? On the other...
Hi, Can anyone give me the romanized pali for the following passage from the Phena Sutta of the Samyutta Nikaya, (here translated by Ajahn Thanissaro): ...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no. 10. Words: pavatti (f): occurrence, procedure. yutti (f): correctness, what is suitable, application ekako: solitary nesa: na+esa....
The Meaning of Dhamma, no. 9 The Saddaniti explains dhamma as pu~n~na, virtue: <"Dhammo have rakkhati dhammacaarin"ti evamaadiisu pu~n~ne. In a passage such as...
The Meaning of dhamma, no 8. The Saddaniti mentions further on more meanings of dhamma. some of them have been classified already and some of them not yet: ...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no 7 The Saddaniti explains dhamma as pariyatti, the scriptures and dhamma as nissattanijjiivataa, without a being, without a living...
The Meaning of dhamma, no 6. The Saddaniti states with regard to the meaning of dhamma as pa~n~naa: <Yassete caturo dhammaa, saddhassa gharamesino; For the...
The Meaning of Dhamma, no. 5. The Saddaniti gives the same meanings of dhamma as stated in the Atthasaalinii, but in addition it gives several more meanings of...
